Kevan
@watcheroftheskies.bsky.social
Social Democrat, MMT, United fan, anti-imperialist, retired Chartered Accountant
This evening I've been mostly listening to Eminem
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This evening I've been mostly listening to Eminem
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Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Bylines Network Reader Survey 2025
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
10 minutes to shape the future of citizen journalism bit.ly/BylinesNetworkSurvey
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A real pleasure to feature on the Berggruen Institute's new Futurology Podcast, in conversation with Benjamin Britton.
Listen here: youtu.be/6urjhHrT3wc?...
Listen here: youtu.be/6urjhHrT3wc?...
July 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A real pleasure to feature on the Berggruen Institute's new Futurology Podcast, in conversation with Benjamin Britton.
Listen here: youtu.be/6urjhHrT3wc?...
Listen here: youtu.be/6urjhHrT3wc?...
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The role of social media in economic reform www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... Gary Stevenson described me as 'not your classic influencer type' in his latest video yesterday. I think I can handle that if not being so still delivers results.
The role of social media in economic reform
Gary Stevenson put out a YouTube video yesterday in which he suggested that those who want to change the way in which our economy is working should be using social media to challenge the hierarchies o...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
July 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The role of social media in economic reform www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... Gary Stevenson described me as 'not your classic influencer type' in his latest video yesterday. I think I can handle that if not being so still delivers results.
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New YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.
July 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.
That straw ban really sucked
February 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
That straw ban really sucked
If your MP is not on Bluesky then email them
January 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If your MP is not on Bluesky then email them
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Get your champagne ready!
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Get your champagne ready!
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This is a great initiative, that we should all support. I've donated. Will you? freeourfeeds.com
Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
freeourfeeds.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This is a great initiative, that we should all support. I've donated. Will you? freeourfeeds.com
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Nazir Afzal, “It’s scandalous no one is mentioning the victims. Some have rung me up in tears, they are so traumatised. It reminds them of how little they meant. They are still suffering from our neglect and struggling to cope.”
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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Once again, no one talks about the girls
While politicians squabble with Elon Musk for the moral high ground on grooming gangs, the victims are forgotten
www.thetimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Nazir Afzal, “It’s scandalous no one is mentioning the victims. Some have rung me up in tears, they are so traumatised. It reminds them of how little they meant. They are still suffering from our neglect and struggling to cope.”
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
@alicettimes.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
@alicettimes.bsky.social
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"Abandoned dogs overwhelm UK shelters as weak regulations fuel a welfare crisis...
Animal shelters and kennels are grappling with an increasingly desperate situation. Thousands of dogs... now face the harsh fate of abandonment, the uncertainty of rehoming or, in the most tragic cases, euthanasia."
Animal shelters and kennels are grappling with an increasingly desperate situation. Thousands of dogs... now face the harsh fate of abandonment, the uncertainty of rehoming or, in the most tragic cases, euthanasia."
UK’s number of unwanted dogs hits crisis point
Opinion: revised regulation on dog breeding and ownership is urgently needed in Britain today
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 23, 2024 at 8:05 PM
"Abandoned dogs overwhelm UK shelters as weak regulations fuel a welfare crisis...
Animal shelters and kennels are grappling with an increasingly desperate situation. Thousands of dogs... now face the harsh fate of abandonment, the uncertainty of rehoming or, in the most tragic cases, euthanasia."
Animal shelters and kennels are grappling with an increasingly desperate situation. Thousands of dogs... now face the harsh fate of abandonment, the uncertainty of rehoming or, in the most tragic cases, euthanasia."
The history of Britain since 1700 in one cartoon
December 23, 2024 at 2:34 PM
The history of Britain since 1700 in one cartoon
I'm absolutely going to snide this for my cards next year!
Another cartoon from the Spectator #Christmas issue.
December 23, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I'm absolutely going to snide this for my cards next year!
The new Axis of Evil?
December 23, 2024 at 8:14 AM
The new Axis of Evil?
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now that people are anti-fetterman let me say that i think it is disrespectful that he walks around the senate chamber in a hoodie and shorts
December 23, 2024 at 2:43 AM
now that people are anti-fetterman let me say that i think it is disrespectful that he walks around the senate chamber in a hoodie and shorts
I'm sure we all feel their pain! There is a need for a rental market but buy-to-let should not be a thing.
Evicted a 90-year old veteran and sold their property for a 159% profit to avoid a capital gains tax increase that doesn't exist, and still they feel like victims.
We have an entire generation of spoiled, greedy, grasping monsters who wouldn't give you the steam of their piss.
We have an entire generation of spoiled, greedy, grasping monsters who wouldn't give you the steam of their piss.
‘We’re evicting our 90-year-old tenant because of Labour’
Leftist rent reforms leave many long-term landlords deciding buy-to-let is no longer worth it
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
I'm sure we all feel their pain! There is a need for a rental market but buy-to-let should not be a thing.
Horrific incident of course but no doubt sections of our media will rush to condemn "Islamists" before the facts are known. Let's all wait and see.
When you ask “was the suspect an extremist”, which kind of extremist did you have in mind www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
December 21, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Horrific incident of course but no doubt sections of our media will rush to condemn "Islamists" before the facts are known. Let's all wait and see.
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This is a person who Kemi Badenoch thinks should sit in the House of Lords.
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
December 21, 2024 at 8:08 AM
This is a person who Kemi Badenoch thinks should sit in the House of Lords.
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
The tweets start in 2009 - Young was 45 at the time.
Appalling misogyny, casual homophobia... the lot
Excellent piece on slow government www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour seems to be flailing, but keep faith: Starmer’s long-term plans are both radical and sound | Polly Toynbee
Goals for low-carbon energy, prison reforms, housebuilding and more are ambitious and nation-changing. They won’t happen overnight, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Excellent piece on slow government www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"slow government". Probably what we need right now. I think Starmer will get there. Let's hope so the alternative is a Farage/Musk dystopian nightmare. Our inner cities will be like the hell holes LA and NYC with thousands of homeless, at best. At worst like a Gaza style walled off prison camp
December 17, 2024 at 3:23 PM
"slow government". Probably what we need right now. I think Starmer will get there. Let's hope so the alternative is a Farage/Musk dystopian nightmare. Our inner cities will be like the hell holes LA and NYC with thousands of homeless, at best. At worst like a Gaza style walled off prison camp
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Here's a little petition. It's nearly 20,000 signatures old. Can you help to get it to 100,000? Then the UK government might debate it. Beg,ask, cajole, pester all friends, family, groups & communities to sign & share it:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis
Communicate clearly:
1) the science behind the climate crisis - how & why for the first time in the last year we've averaged 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels
2) the implications of going beyond...
petition.parliament.uk
December 6, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Here's a little petition. It's nearly 20,000 signatures old. Can you help to get it to 100,000? Then the UK government might debate it. Beg,ask, cajole, pester all friends, family, groups & communities to sign & share it:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
Fight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracy
Fascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 7:00 AM
“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”
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I think it’s possible that liberalism at its worst was letting the Irish starve in the 1840s. Just saying.
December 7, 2024 at 8:14 AM
I think it’s possible that liberalism at its worst was letting the Irish starve in the 1840s. Just saying.
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Left: Keir Starmer, "Nobody felt better off under the last government"
Right: "The UK's rich are getting richer"
This is why so many have called for a wealth tax on those with over £10m, because the rich are getting richer, even under the last Conservative government
Right: "The UK's rich are getting richer"
This is why so many have called for a wealth tax on those with over £10m, because the rich are getting richer, even under the last Conservative government
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Left: Keir Starmer, "Nobody felt better off under the last government"
Right: "The UK's rich are getting richer"
This is why so many have called for a wealth tax on those with over £10m, because the rich are getting richer, even under the last Conservative government
Right: "The UK's rich are getting richer"
This is why so many have called for a wealth tax on those with over £10m, because the rich are getting richer, even under the last Conservative government